More Passengers * USA - Getting on board the bus
Commuters increasingly realize that taking an IndyGo ride is more cost-effective for them
Indianapolis,IND,USA -The Indianapolis Star, by John Tuohy -June 5, 2008: -- The Hummer might be near death, but the motorcoach is thriving in Indianapolis... Thanks to soaring gasoline prices, ridership on the Fishers Express bus to Downtown Indianapolis has more than tripled since its launch in October, mirroring a nationwide trend toward public transportation... David Spiech, 43, Noblesville, is part of a surge that pushed the express bus' ridership to 11,056 for the month of May and has helped account for a 25 percent increase in IndyGo riders in the past year... IndyGo spokeswoman Ronnetta Spalding said fuel costs are driving the rise... The spike in riders reflects a national trend. The American Public Transportation Association reported this week that Americans took 85 million more trips on public transportation in the first three months of this year than they did for the same period last year... The Fishers bus has been so popular that IndyGo started another express bus in Carmel in March -- and ridership there is already at 8,000 passengers a month... (Photo by Rob Varela/Ventura Star: Rising gas prices are spurring drivers to park their cars and making packed buses a common sight in Ventura County)* California - Gas prices drive more to mass transit
Ventura,CAL,USA -The Ventura County Star, by Stephanie Hoops -June 4, 2008: -- Ventura County bus ridership figures have soared to new highs as the average price for regular unleaded gas has surged to more than $4 a gallon, according to area transportation officials...From January through April, tallies show the following increases:
* 17 percent — VISTA, or Ventura Intercity Service Transit Authority
* 23 percent — Gold Coast Transit (formerly South Coast Area Transit), with routes throughout western Ventura County.
* 23 percent — commuter buses from Ventura County to Los Angeles County
The tremendous shift in bus commuting may be an indicator of things to come, as climbing gas prices continue to empty wallets with no end in sight... Gold Coast carries the most riders of any bus service in the county, with about 3.5 million boardings a year... (Photos by Rob Varela/Star staff - 1 · Passengers board a northbound VISTA bus Tuesday morning in downtown Ventura for Santa Barbara County destinations. Officials say VISTA ridership is up about 17 percent this year - 2 · Commuters wait for a bus Tuesday morning in downtown Ventura. VISTA bus routes have been added to meet the increased demand) * Bus use grows in Cheyenne
Cheyenne,WY,USA -Casper Star-Tribune Online (Casper,WY,USA), by JOAN BARRON -June 8, 2008: -- ... National published reports say the use of public transit is soaring because of high gasoline prices. In some metropolitan areas, the demand is swamping transit systems. In Washington, D.C., for example, it's standing-room-only on commuter buses from the city's suburbs... According to the American Public Transportation Association, 2.6 billion trips were taken on public transit systems in the U.S. In the first three months of the year, there was a 3 percent increase over the same period in 2007... The Cheyenne Transit system experienced a phenomenal increase in riders -- nearly 80 percent over the last five years. But there has not been a big surge in riders since gas prices climbed toward $4 a gallon, said Joe Dougherty, the director... He attributed the growth in business to the increase of "transportation disadvantaged" riders in the capital city...
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